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Andrea L. DeMeo Named ‘Community Champion’ Andrea L. DeMeo, executive director and chief operating officer for the Center for Community Health and director of the University’s annual United Way campaign, has been named an honoree for the 2011 Greater Rochester Awards as a Community Champion, in recognition of her exceptional work in our community’s […]
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Men: What’s in Your Six Pack? Men often neglect their health until something starts to go wrong – usually around middle age. And after all those years of not paying attention to their bodies, men in their 50s and 60s can feel overwhelmed by the chore of making health changes, asking themselves “How do I even […]
Bird Flu rears its head again Increased preparedness and surveillance urged against variant strain Rome – FAO today urged heightened readiness and surveillance against a possible major resurgence of the H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza amid signs that a mutant strain of the deadly Bird Flu virus is spreading in Asia and beyond, with unpredictable risks […]
Learning How Support Cells Kill Nerve Cells in ALS ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is marked by the death of muscle-controlling nerve cells—called motor neurons—in the spinal cord and some brain regions. As these neurons die, the body’s voluntary muscles weaken and waste away. People with ALS often die within 5 years of […]
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Smoking and Bladder Cancer Current cigarette smokers have a higher risk of bladder cancer than previously reported, according to new research. The study also found that the proportion of bladder cancer due to smoking in women is now the same as for men—about 50%. In 2011, nearly 70,000 people nationwide are expected to be diagnosed […]
Making Antibodies That Neutralize HIV Researchers have traced in detail how certain powerful HIV-neutralizing antibodies evolve, generating vital clues to guide the design of a preventive HIV vaccine. Illustration showing, in green, where the mature VRC01antibody binds to gp120 (red) on the surface of the HIV virus. Image by Wu et al., courtesy of Science […]
Men: How Many Candles Will Top Your Final Birthday Cake? American men may be living longer than ever, but statistics show they still lag about five years behind women. So, to equip men with powerful knowledge that could not only add years to their lives, but quality life to their years, the University of Rochester Medical […]
Pregnancy: The 9-Month Marathon Nursery décor. Daycare. The just-right designer stroller. When you’re pregnant, there’s no shortage of decisions. But what about the myriad of other health choices pregnant women make, almostunconsciously? Whether to reach for that second slice of pizza, or try an apple instead? If they should take a post-dinner walk around the neighborhood, […]
No, You Don’t Have to Choose Between Your Wallet and Waistline If talk of food groups and balanced diets conjure up images of pyramids girded by grains and cereals at the bottom, you might be dating yourself. Pyramids, as it were, are “so 1990′s.” A more relevant icon is the talk of the table: the dinner […]
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Treatment Helps With Kidney Transplants About 1 in 3 candidates for kidney transplantation has a condition that causes their bodies to immediately reject transplanted organs. A new treatment promises to boost transplant success by “desensitizing” these patients to foreign human tissue. The treatment could lead to thousands more kidney transplants every year. For patients with […]
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